naval engagement, notable, ancient

Battle of Andros

Name: Battle of Andros
Location: Andros, Greece

Battle of Andros was a naval engagement fought in 246 BC at Andros, in what is now Greece. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Andros. It was part of Third Syrian War, which ran from 246 BC to 241 BC. The recorded result: Antigonid victory. Recorded strength: Numerically inferior against Numerically superior.

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Fought246 BC

WhereAndros, Greece37.833N, 24.933E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeAntigonid victory

BelligerentsAntigonid MacedonagainstPtolemaic Kingdom

Part ofThird Syrian War246 BC to 241 BC

Record

Date	246 BC (year precision)
Place	Andros, Greece 37.833N, 24.933E
Kind	Naval engagement, ancient
Strength	Numerically inferior	Numerically superior
Commanders	Antigonus II Gonatas	Sophron of Ephesus Ptolemy Andromachou

Placed at Andros; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Andros 408 BC, same recorded site
Battle of Andros 1790, 31 km NW
Battle of Andros 1825, 32 km NW
Battle of Mykonos 1794, 54 km SE
Battle of Marathon 490 BC, 89 km W

Battle of Andros is one of 193 engagements of the 3rd century BC in the atlas and one of 529 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1038497, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Andros (246 BC), revision 1370432035, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.